The Perils of Political Appointees as Agency Heads - December 5, 2007 Do government agencies perform better when they're headed by career
Do Voter Identification Laws Depress Turnout? John Sides - December 5, 2007 Two recent studies have investigated this question: 1) Based on
Campaign Ads as Multivitamins for Politically Undernourished Citizens - December 5, 2007 In a previous post, I pointed to Franz, Freedman, Goldstein,
Media Coverage of American Politics: A Core Reading List - December 4, 2007 In the December 1 Wall Street Journal, Tom Brokaw steers
Political Aphorisms John Sides - December 4, 2007 bq. The working class is the skeleton of our system.
Is Obama the “Post-Polarization Candidate”? John Sides - December 4, 2007 "Obama is a post-polarization candidate and Oprah is a post-polarization
Too Much Money in Campaigns? - December 3, 2007 The NY Times ran an editorial on Sunday lamenting the
An Incivility Crisis in Campaign Ads? - December 3, 2007 Everyone "knows" that presidential campaigns have grown increasingly uncivil over
Are Whites More Likely to Support the Death Penalty When They Think Blacks Are Being Executed? John Sides - December 3, 2007 The answer, it seems, is yes. In a 2001 survey